▲ 73 ▼ Capitalism is Still the Problem (www.counterpunch.org) submitted 3 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Counterpunch.org
[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's just simply not true. You can go buy some shares of Disney right now, and you'll see that you get the benefits of being an owner. It's a spectrum of how much you own vs how much you contact to do labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] within_epsilon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Owning stock in Disney would give me a share in the profits. I could also possibly vote when Disney lets shareholders do so. As a worker for Disney, I could receive money for selling my time and a portion of the profits via shares. I would thereby be a worker/owner. I would reduce that to worker, but lets entertain worker/owner as a class. However as a worker/owner, I would not be able to make decisions that change cost. I would not own anything other than the share which is placing faith in the company. I would still try to do as little work as possible for as much compensation as possible since I am still primarily a worker. Maybe my passive income stream will someday overcome the cost associated with meeting my material needs. I could then graduate from worker/owner to owner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flossdaily@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago Or, at any time you could start your own business online and sell your labor as a freelancer or consultant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] within_epsilon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Owning stock in Disney would give me a share in the profits. I could also possibly vote when Disney lets shareholders do so. As a worker for Disney, I could receive money for selling my time and a portion of the profits via shares. I would thereby be a worker/owner. I would reduce that to worker, but lets entertain worker/owner as a class. However as a worker/owner, I would not be able to make decisions that change cost. I would not own anything other than the share which is placing faith in the company. I would still try to do as little work as possible for as much compensation as possible since I am still primarily a worker. Maybe my passive income stream will someday overcome the cost associated with meeting my material needs. I could then graduate from worker/owner to owner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flossdaily@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago Or, at any time you could start your own business online and sell your labor as a freelancer or consultant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago Or, at any time you could start your own business online and sell your labor as a freelancer or consultant. permalink fedilink source parent